BitTorrent Makes Up With Hollywood

The creator of the BitTorrent file-sharing service appeared at a press conference with film industry executives and promised to ban users of the system from accessing unauthorized copies of copyrighted movies.

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The creator of the BitTorrent file-sharing system has agreed to bar users of the service from trading unauthorized copies of materials owned by the members of the Motion Picture Association of America.

At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen appeared with executives representing the MPAA and announced a new agreement under which he has pledged to block users of the well-known file sharing network from trading unauthorized copies of protected movie content.

As the MPAA includes the seven largest film studios in the U.S., the promise to eliminate such links on BitTorrent effectively prohibits users of the system from illegally accessing most of the popular films released in the country today.

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Cohen said that he will work with the MPAA to help deter illicit file traders from misusing the file-sharing service, and its latest content search tools in the future.

"BitTorrent is an extremely efficient publishing tool and search engine that allows creators and rights holders to make their content available on the Internet securely," Cohen said in a statement. "BitTorrent discourages the use of its technology for distributing films without a license to do so. As such, we are pleased to work with the film industry to remove unauthorized content from BitTorrent.com's search engine."

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